[WikiEN-l] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----?

Avi avi.wiki at gmail.com
Fri May 30 02:02:24 UTC 2008


Yes, that is true. As has been explained by others, the privacy element
comes in to play with encryption. For example, only NonvocalScream and
myself (outside of the NSF, and probably including them too) will be able to
decrypt the following message:

-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) - GPGshell v3.64
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9/4Lo3uR8rCHbQrd5U0ZYGWsNTgyg/Yo1rb75BtgvVnvqvdTdlN+NEd98wbVicsy
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fuAHcNEEPpLuhPELkP8NSy8W3txckKwl/9eRlz+2eJd6xYX4sHnWfSpd5OKuir8K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=h8/J
-----END PGP MESSAGE-----

That is the privacy element. As for identity, being that I have NVS's public
key, I can confirm that only someone with control over his private key
signed messages with the appropriate header and signature.

Also, many people use gmail through an IMAP client such as Thunderbird, and
they have the signature auto set. Personally, I use the web interface, which
is why you do not always see my messages signed. However, for people who are
involved with PGP, signing one's messages more often is a good way to
confirm one's identity, because only the holder of the private key can
accurately sign the message, and anyone with a PGP client can check that.

Here's an example I came across just now for how PGP can help with identity:
http://www.haltabuse.org/pgp/index.shtml

I understand that it can look somewhat bizarre, but is it that much more
annoying than 47-line long threads with 14 greater-than signs or a 25 line
signature-cum-curriculam vitae :-) ?

Thanks,

--Avi

On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 7:00 PM, White Cat <wikipedia.kawaii.neko at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I do not quite understand. I can see the email address of people using
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- just fine. What privacy are we talking
> about?
>
> I was asking over curiosity mostly.
>
>    --   White Cat
>
> --
en:User:Avraham
----
pub 1024D/785EA229 3/6/2007 Avi (Wikipedia-related) <aviwiki at gmail.com>
Primary key fingerprint: D233 20E7 0697 C3BC 4445 7D45 CBA0 3F46 785E A229


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